Graham's Vintage 2016 Port

€ 100.00

A pretty brilliant Graham's, one of the best port wines from all the vintage years, with fantastically bright aromas, black currants and green leaves, fantastic sweetness in the mouth, but also lift and elegance. "I think this is one of the best we've ever made," Paul Symington said. "In the same vein as the '63, '70 and '94 '.Strongly deep and resonant, with a rich mouthfeel that goes from blackcurrant to plum, then to chocolate and cherry in the exceptionally long aftertaste.

Food-Pairing

A delicious digestive, but can also be accompanied by rich old cheeses, dark chocolate or chocolate mousse.

Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Sousao & andere oudere druiven

This wine is at best 10 to 15 years after the harvest but can also be drunk young

Winemaker: Charles Symington & Henry Shotton

Alcoholcontent

20%

Store & Serve

Serve at cellar temperature at 12 - 15ºC.

Decant before serving. Can be kept for up to 2 days after opening.

Critics & Awards

99/100 - James Suckling 2018: Extremely complex aromas that show the classic Graham character of black-fruit marmalade and burnt oranges. Follows through to a full body with great grip at the finish. Lightly sweet. Chewy and powerful. Such a focus at the end

96/100 - Vinous 2018

95/100 - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 2018: The 2016 Vintage Port is a blend of 37% Touriga Nacional, 42% Touriga Franca and various others. It comes in with 115 grams of residual sugar. A bit bigger than Dow's this year, this is more intense as well. The better wine of these two benchmarks seems to be this Graham's. Tight on the finish, aromatic and very flavorful, this actually opens rather well and shows off its lovely fruit. The Dow's will be approachable a bit earlier, perhaps, and this may reward aging even more. As always, Graham's is wonderfully delicious. That's one hallmark of the house. I'm not sure this is a truly great Graham's, but at the moment, it is enticing, with plenty of potential for improvement. There were 6,325 cases produced, plus some bottles in other formats

Tags: Graham's - Douro - Porto